An individual who was prohibited from possessing a firearm as a result of his 30-year-old misdemeanor domestic assault conviction was not deprived of his Second Amendment rights because the concerns addressed by Congress in passing the prohibition were not alleviated ...

Tagged with: Constitutional Judge T.S. Ellis III U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Defendant’s conviction for bribery was vacated even though he paid a former congressman to help advance his company’s interests because the actions taken by the congressman, including suggesting and recommending the defendant’s company to the Army and a Nigerian company, ...

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Where the plaintiff failed to disclose the existence of her child during her initial visa application process and subsequently testified that she had never given false information or documentation to a U.S. official during her naturalization interview, she was unable ...

Tagged with: Immigration Judge T.S. Ellis III U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Police officers who waited more than two minutes before allowing a lifeguard to rescue the plaintiff who was suffering a psychotic episode, are nevertheless entitled to qualified immunity as no clearly established law put the officers on notice that such ...

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A lawyer charged with helping his wife plunder money from the campaign chest of a Virginia state senator and two other organizations cannot shield his two homes from possible forfeiture, a federal appeals court ruled last month. The 4th U.S. ...

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The defendant’s attack on a prior removal order failed because he waived his right to challenge that order, failed to show he suffered prejudice from the alleged defects in the proceedings and the order complied with the regulations. Background On ...

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The defendant, who defaulted, unlawfully hacked and gained unauthorized access to plaintiff’s GoDaddy.com account in order to transfer the domain names to himself and profit from the marks. The court adopted the magistrate judge’s report entering judgment for the plaintiff ...

Tagged with: Intellectual Property Judge T.S. Ellis III U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A plaintiff who prevailed on summary judgment on a Lanham Act claim over use of a common phrase, “We Buy Homes,” is not entitled to attorney’s fees because the case was not rare, extraordinary or unique. Background On June 28, ...

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The government failed to prove the defendant was in the Eastern District of Virginia when he actually transmitted National Defense Information to his Chinese contact. Background Following a four-day trial, a jury convicted defendant of: (1) conspiracy to gather or ...

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Although “We buy houses” is a registered trademark, it is now widely used to describe services provided rather than a source of services, which makes it generic, not distinctive. Background Plaintiff Express Homebuyers has been in the house-buying industry since ...

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